I have been away from Chengdu for a few days
to attend Chinese Pambassador CiCi's wedding in
Guangzhou! Congratulations CiCi!!!
Before I went to Guangzhou,
I visited the No.1 Enclosure at the Chengdu Panda Base
for the first time.
勇勇(YongYong)
He is familiar to the Japanese Panda fans,
since he was in the movie "Pandaful Life".
He takes time eating Panda Cakes,
but when it comes to bamboo leaves,
he's so fast!! He lived with 3 female Pandas
for a while, but now lives alone in no. 1 Enclosure.
"HAHAHAHA, AHAHAHAHAHAH"
And this is to the Japanese Panda fans,
does anyone know her?
She (Ms. 王樹群) is a keeper who works for Chengdu Panda Base,
and was transfered to Wakayama Adventure World in 2008
to take care of the twins 梅浜(MeiHin) and 永浜(EiHin)
when they were born. She knows everything about
the Japan born Pandas, and we had a great time talking
about the Pandas calling them in their original Japanese names!!
In the right is 勇勇(YongYong) eating bamboo.
And she is also introduced in the book written
by the Panda Keeper at Wakayama Adventure World,
「パンダのひ・み・つ」-"The Secrets of Pandas".
We found her picture holding 梅浜(MeiHin)
when I was showing the book to her.
She seemed to be surprised and excited!
So we took a picture together with the book.
And this is JiLi in the front sleeping with her foot up in the air,
and XingYa in the back, she doesn't mind being a pillow for
JiLi. This is their favorite spot.
It was such a nice weather, and they were
probablly having sweet dreams.
And this is XingRong sleeping on the bed.
She looks like she is falling off the bed, but
she stayed like this during the whole time while I was
watching.
This is 北川(BeiChuan) rescued from the wild a few months ago.
I would like to talk about her at another occasion.
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara
